Sami Vrioni

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Sami bey Vrioni
Delegate of Agriculture
In office
25 December 1918 – 29 January 1920
Preceded byAziz Vrioni
Personal details
Born1868
Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died1947
RelationsKahreman Pasha Vrioni (Brother)
ParentOmer Pasha Vrioni II (Father)
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Sami Bey Vrioni (1876–1947) was an Albanian politician,

Assembly of Vlora which declared the Albanian Declaration of Independence.[1] He was a respected and powerful landowner in the Fier region of Albania.[2]

Biography

Sami Vrioni was a member of the prominent landowning Vrioni family of

Omar Pasha Vrioni II (1839–1928).[3] Sami Vrioni himself was owner of around 5,000 Hectares in the agricultural region of southern Myzeqe.[4]

He was one of the delegates of the

Prince Wied he served as a seneschal (Court Chamberlain).[2] He was part of the Albanian delegation in Vienna of April 1917 representing the districts of Skrapar and Berat.[5]

Sami Vrioni had graduated as agronomist and engineer. Along with Albanian he spoke Turkish, Arabic, Italian, and French.[citation needed]

He was a participant of the

Myfid Libohova joined the camp of the pro-Italian opponents of the Congress of Lushnjë, with the three others actively trying to persuade or force the delegates not to join the Lushnjë event.[8]

Served as Assemblyman (1924–1925, 1928–1932) and Senator (1925–1928) of the Albanian parliament.

Ahmet Zogu, who elected Shefqet Vërlaci instead of him.[10]
Vrioni was arrested by the communist dictatorship that took power in 1944, he died under torture in 1947[9] or 1952.[3]

Sami Vrioni was married to the daughter of

Essad Pasha Toptani.[citation needed
]

Political Activity

  • Delegate of the Albanian Declaration of Independence event in 1912
  • Court Chamberlain of
    Prince of Albania
    , 1914
  • Minister of Agriculture of Albania
    : December 1918 – 1919
  • Minister of Public Works of Albania
    : 1919 – January 1920
  • Assemblyman
    (1924–1925, 1928–1932)
  • Member of Albanian Senate (1925–1928)

References

Citations
  1. ^ Schmidt-Neke 1987, pp. 320.
  2. ^ a b Heaton-Armstrong 2005, pp. 32.
  3. ^ a b c Fieri, qyteti qe u themelua nga Vrionasit [Fier, the town founded the Vrioni] (in Albanian), Fieri.com, 14 May 2007, retrieved 5 February 2014, Midis shume artikujve te ndryshem eksportohej edhe zhuke, lende drusore, miser, kuaj etj. I fundit i pinjolleve Vrionas i njohur ne vitet e regjimit te Ahmet Zogut si Minister i Botores, ka qene Sami Vrioni. Ka qene i ditur dhe eshte shkolluar ne shkollat dhe universitetet me te mira te Italise dhe Frances. Ne vitet e rregjimit zogist ka qene Minister i Botores. Ka mbaruar per inxhinieri dhe agronomi si dhe ka qene njohes i madh i shume gjuheve si: turqisht, arabisht, italisht, frengjisht...
    Historiani Hysen Emiri ne librin e tij "Historia e Fierit" permende faktin se Ismail Qemali e donte ne qeverine e tij per ta bere minister Sami Vrionin, por i ati i tij Omeri e shikonte me skepticizem kete qeveri dhe i thoshte "shohim e bejme"...
    Sami ka vdekur ne burg ne tortura ne vitin 1952.
  4. ^ Klan, "Media 6" Publishing, 2007, p. 259
  5. ^ Leo Freundlich, An Albanian Delegation Pays Homage to the Emperor in Vienna, Texts and Documents of Albanian History, Robert Elsie, archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 5 February 2014, The districts of Berat and Skrapari sent Sami Bey Vrioni, who is the former seneschal of Prinz Wied and son-in-law of Essad Toptani..
  6. ^ Chekrezi 1919, pp. 186.
  7. OCLC 10065049
  8. ^ Vllamasi 1995, Chapter VI.
  9. ^ a b Herbert 2011, p. 242.
  10. ^ Clegg Austin 2012, pp. 40.
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